List of Abbreviations
- AF/AFN, Office of Northern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
- AF/AFW, Office of West Coast and Malian Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
- AFB, Air Force Base
- AFN, Office of Northern African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State
- AFP, Agence France Presse
- AID, Agency for International Development
- ALN, Armee de la Liberation Nationale; National Army of Liberation (Algeria)
- AMR, Atlantic Missile Range
- ANC, African National Congress
- ARMA, Army Attache
- BB, initials of Ben Bella
- BNA, Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- CAB, Civil Aeronautics Board
- CAC, United Nations Advisory Committee on the Congo
- CARE-MEDICO, Cooperative for American Remittances to Everywhere—Medical International Cooperation
- CCC, Commodity Credit Corporation
- CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
- CG, Consulate General
- CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
- CINCLANT, Commander in Chief, Armed Forces, Atlantic
- CINCSAC, Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command
- ColOff, Colonial Office
- COMAFELM, Commander, Air Force, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
- COMNAVACTS, Commander of Naval Activities
- ConGen, Consulate General
- CONUS, Continental United States
- CPP, Convention People’s Party (Ghana)
- Cte, Committee
- CU, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State
- CY, calendar year
- DAC, Development Assistance Committee (OECD)
- DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
- Depcirtel, Department of State circular telegram
- Dept, Department of State
- Deptel, Department of State telegram
- DG, Director General
- DL, Development Loan
- DLF, Development Loan Fund
- DOD, Department of Defense
- ECA, Economic Commission for Africa
- ECOSOC, Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
- EEC, European Economic Community (Common Market)
- Embtel, Embassy telegram
- EUR, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- EUR/WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- Exim, Export-Import Bank
- FAA, Federal Aviation Agency
- FBO, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Foreign Buildings
- FLN, Front de Liberation Nationale (Algeria)
- FonOff, Foreign Office
- FRC, Federal Records Center
- FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
- FRIA, international consortium operating a bauxite aluminum plant at Kimbo, Guinea
- FY, fiscal year
- FYI, for your information
- GA, United Nations General Assembly
- GDR, German Democratic Republic
- GMT, Greenwich Mean Time
- GOA, Government of Algeria
- GOF, Government of France
- GOG, Government of Ghana; Government of Guinea
- GOL, Government of Libya
- GOM, Government of Morocco
- GOP, Government of Portugal
- GOT, Government of Tunisia
- GPRA, Gouvernement Provisoire de la Republique Algerienne (Provisional Government of the Government of Algeria)
- GRAE, Government of the Republic of Angola in Exile
- GRN, Government of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
- GSA, Government of South Africa
- GSR, Government of the Somali Republic
- HIM, His Imperial Majesty
- HMG, Her Majesty’s Government
- IATA, International Air Transport Association
- IATSG, International Air Transport Study Group
- IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
- ICA, International Cooperation Administration
- ICAO, International Civil Aviation Organization
- ICFTU, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
- ICJ, International Court of Justice
- IEG, Imperial Ethiopian Government
- ILO, International Labor Organization
- IMF, International Monetary Fund
- INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
- ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
- JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
- JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
- JFK, initials of John F. Kennedy
- JTF, Joint Task Force
- LA, Latin America
- MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
- MAP, Military Assistance/Aid Program
- MATS, Military Air Transport Service
- Memcon, Memorandum of Conversation
- MIG, A.I. MIkoyan i M.I. Gurevich (Soviet fighter aircraft maned for designers Mikoyan and Gurevich
- MNA, Mouvement Nationaliste Algerienne
- MOD, Ministry of Defense
- MPLA, Mouvement Populaire pour la Liberation d’Angola (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
- NAC, North Atlantic Council
- NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NBC, National Broadcasting Company
- NFD, Northern Frontier District (Kenya)
- NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
- Noforn, no foreign dissemination
- NR, Northern Rhodesia
- NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
- NSC, National Security Council
- NYT, New York Times
- OAS, Organization Armee Secrete (Algeria)
- OASD/ISA, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
- OAU, Organization of African Unity
- OCAM, Afro-Malagasy Common Organization (francophone grouping)
- OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- OPLAN, operation plan
- OSD/ISA, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Bureau of International Security Affairs
- PAC, Pan-Africanist Congress (South Africa)
- PAFMECA, Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa
- PAG, Provisional Algerian Government
- PC, Patrol Vessel, Submarine Chaser
- PGAR, Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic
- PL, Public Law
- PM, Prime Minister
- POLAD, Political Adviser
- Polto, series indicator for telegrams from the United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council to the Department of State
- PROVEX, Provisional Executive (Algeria)
- RCA, Radio Corporation of America
- RG, Record Group
- RMA, Royal Moroccan Army
- RMAF, Royal Moroccan Air Force
- RSAF, Republic of South Africa
- SA, South Africa
- SAA, Special Assignment Aircraft
- SAAF, South African Air Force
- SAC, Strategic Air Command
- SAG, South African Government
- SC, United Nations Security Council
- SCP, Security Classification Procedure
- Secto, series indicator for telegrams from the Secretary of State when he is away from Washington
- Sov, Soviet
- SR, Southern Rhodesia
- S/S, Executive Secretariat, Department of State
- SWA, South West Africa
- SWAPO, South West Africa Peoples Organization
- SYG, Secretary-General of the United Nations
- TIAS, Treaties and Other International Acts Series
- Topol, series indicator for telegrams from the Department of State to the United States Permanent Representative at the North Atlantic Council
- Tosec, series indicator for telegrams to the Secretary of State when he is away from Washington
- TVA, Tennessee Valley Authority
- UAM, Union Africaine et Malagache (African and Malagasy Union)
- UAR, United Arab Republic
- UGTA, Union Generale des Travailleurs Algeriens (General Union of Algerian Workers)
- UK, United Kingdom
- UN, United Nations
- UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- UNIP, United National Independence Party in Northern Rhodesia
- UNSYG, United Nations Secretary-General
- UPA, Union des Populations d’Angola (Union of Angolan Populations)
- UPI, United Press International
- USAF, United States Air Force
- USCINCEUR, United States Commander in Chief, Europe
- USG, United States Government
- USIA, United States Information Agency
- USN, United States Navy
- USNAVEUR, United States Naval Forces, Europe
- USOM, United States Operations Mission
- USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- USSTRICOM, United States Strike Command
- USUN, United States Mission at the United Nations
- VALCO, Volta Aluminum Company, Ltd.
- WE, Office of Western European Affairs, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State
- ZAPU, Zimbabwe African Peoples Union